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Summary: A very enjoyable experience, could've been better though
Review: Like most people, the title of the book grabbed my attention. I remember seeing a commercial for this book on MTV about 2 years ago, and just never looked into it. I was told about a similar book "The Perks of being a Wallflower", which I bought on amazon and saw that this was a recommendation, so I picked it up. I enjoyed it, but unlike the wallflower book, I didnt love it. And since they kind of lumped together, I compared the 2. There is a very witty and interesting story here, and while kind of off the wall, seems pretty grounded in reality. This guy's life spirals out of control so fast that not only doesn't he see it, but neither does the reader. A fun read.
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Summary: The Best!,
Review:
Nersesian's first novel is still his best. This book is a raw, madcap, sometimes goofy -- but always fun -- story of a perpetual screw-up who can't catch a break to save his life. Sound familiar? This novel also offers the best tour of downtown New York City since Richard Perez's The Losers' Club. Of all of Nersesian's books, I prefer this one the best. It's a hilarious diamond in the rough. I guarantee you'll be entertained. Also recommended: Dogrun, The Losers' Club by Richard Perez, Post Office by Charles Bukowski
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Summary: Depressing and uplifting . . . sort of
Review: Well, this is a well-written funny story. It makes you realize that as bad as things get for you, it could be a LOT worse, lol. Don't read if you have a history of depression, this one may just send you over the edge, otherwise this tale of woe keeps you turning the pages until the final sentence.
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Summary: A fun book.
Review: This was most certainly a book that many of us will be able to relate to. We struggle through life and are able to keep the sailing pretty smooth but every once in a while everything, and I mean everything, can go very very wrong.
And in New York City the laws of the jungle apply more than anywhere else and when you're down the rise and the fall can be as sudden as the dawn and the sunset.
Well written and interesting in the same way watching a car accident is interesting... but in the end there are no serious injuries and all is relatively back to normal. And in some ways just a little bit better.
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Summary: A 'cult' novel that is simply fun
Review: I read this novel after picking up THE LOSERS' CLUB by Richard Perez. Both novels take place in New York City's East Village, although a decade apart: LC in the 90s, FU in the 80s. Why does this novel work for me? Simple: despite being published by MTV, it very non-mainstream, meaning unpredictable and to some extent 'unpolished,' even 'unliterary.' It simply unfolds in a very unconventional way. I read a lot of books and believe me there's not a whole lot of humor and goofiness in 'literary' novels. I just enjoyed being able to lean back and read a book that was fun! So, yes, I recommend it! Originally this was a self-published novel that took on a life of its own, and was later picked up by MTV. I appreciate the offbeat quality it has. It also lacks the pretension of a lot of 'downtown' writing which is frankly quite dull, dreary, humorless and self-important. This book is simply a goofy romp! Heck, try it out! Laugh a little!
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Summary: fantastick
Review: i read this book, like some of you, because it's from the same publisher as the perks of being a wallflower. this book is depressing and makes takes you on the main character's journey to maturity. great allegory and amusing situations. read.
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Summary: Wacky, Page-Turning Entertainment!
Review: I picked this book up in a bookstore mainly because the title made me chuckle. "Who would call their book *that*?"In paging through, I found some interesting prose and went ahead and made the purchase. I'm not sorry. This is a well written book that details the life of someone who is not only submersed in poverty, but does not have the personal drive to do anything about it. A realistic glimpse into the lives of those we see out there everyday, but thankfully don't have to live ourselves.
Our protagonist is an intelligent man, but has no desire to do anything with his life. He works as an usher at a third rate local theater, and is content with meager wages and life in the slow lane. He has a girlfriend and a place to stay and a job, and that seems to be enough. Until he meets a co-worker at the theater, and decides that he should have an affair with her. She, unfortunately, does not reciprocate his feelings, but leads him on anyway. When his girlfriend finds out, she kicks him out of their apartment, forcing him to go and stay with an old friend of his. I found his friend to be one of the more interesting characters in the book, until......you should read it for yourself. Things go from bad to worse, with our narrator winding up working in a gay porno theater and pretending to be gay to keep the job, getting involved in some shady business, getting badly beaten up not once but a few times. He looses his place to stay, looses his new job, looses his friends, looses, well....everything. Rather a "rags to rags" story, with a surprise ending that brings him closer to the one person he hates above everyone else, and back into a lifestyle of mediocre contentment. This was an entertaining and enlightening read, well written, and taking us into paths we are curious about but just prefer not to tread in ourselves. Good book. Enjoy!
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